(Click for bigger pic)Today's vegetarian lunch: Penne and shell pasta tossed with olive oil, red pepper flakes and vegetables like zucchini, broccoli, onions, red bell peppers, artichoke hearts, spinach, tomatoes, mushrooms, etc., in marinara sauce, and topped with cheese. This very yummy spicy pasta dish was prepared in front of my eyes at the excellent Coin Room Cafeteria in the basement of the Chase Tower (formerly Bank One building) in Downtown Phoenix. The portion size was also very good.
Cost of the meal deal: $5.07 (includes 0.38 tax), about 223.08 Indian Rupees.
Vegetarian alert: Even if a pasta dish contains no eggs and no meat, eggs are often used in the making of the pasta noodles themselves. You can get pastas which are made with no eggs in the stores, but I doubt that most restaurants are very scrupulous about this (unless they are vegan restaurants). Also, in restaurants which offer meat dishes, they don't always use a fresh washed pan to prepare your vegetarian dish. They might have just used the same pan to prepare a non-vegetarian dish. So, your dish might come mixed with juices and even tiny particles of meat. I am happy to say, the chef at the Coin Center cafeteria happened to use a fresh clean pan to prepare my pasta. Normally, he just scrapes remains of the previous dish off a pan and wipes it with a piece of cloth to prepare the next dish. And of course, the usual warning about animal rennet in cheese applies.
Background: Vegetarian Lunch in America.
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